Snow for Texas

[JenBayles]

Hey Mattie - try some peppermint schnapps with that hot chocolate. YUM!

[gboudx]

Don't know if this means the threat of wintry precip is reduced for tonight or not.

MEANWHILE...DRY AIR IN THE MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEGUN
TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM NORTHERN MEXICO. PRECIPITATION HAS
DIMINISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS AS A RESULT OF
THIS...WITH THE TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER NEW MEXICO
WILL APPROACH NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING...AND MAY ENHANCE FREEZING AND
FROZEN PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN.

DESPITE A DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY
HAZARDOUS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ONTO AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON.
IT IS ALSO ADVISED THAT YOU CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CONCERNING ROAD CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA.

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

It's sleeting on and off now. The parking lots have begun to get a bit slick, although it's still fine to walk on.

[CaptinCrunch]

At home now, the yards and rooftops are white with sleet. Temp is 22 with a windchill of 9. Many of the roads are very slick with patchy ice, some parts of I-20 are closed due to wrecks and frozen bridges.

On a lighter side, the Fireplace is going and the hot coco is ready.

[f5]

It wont be anything compared to the Great Snowfall of Christmas 2004.
Wow what an event we had last Christmas along the S and SE TX Coast.
Just amazingly wonderful event of a lifetime. It was the snowfall I always looked for all my childhood. All those endless nights of waiting for snow finally paid off after 31 years. Last real snowfall like that was 1973. Just perhaps (being wishful.... our next 1895 20: snowstorm will be this Winter for Houston-Galveston. Why not shoot for the stars or snow after our last white Christmas.

what was the reaction in the northern states when they heard that some locations between Houston/Victoria had 12-18 inches of snow?Thats a big snowfall. for the northeast US thats enough to shut down the big cities

[Brent]

An inch of snow is significant here... Everything shuts down at the first mention and everyone goes into a panic and stocks up like we're going into the next ice age.

[f5]

i miss those blockbuster nor'easters back home in the northeast US i been living here sometime i hope to go back and experience one.you get tired of the snow but after awhile you get very hungry for a 20-30 inch dumping of snow which describes me right now

[Extremeweatherguy]

000
FXUS64 KHGX 072123
AFDHGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
323 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE OBS INDICATE THAT THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS BEGINNING TO
ENTER OUR NW COUNTIES AND HAS PASSED CALDWELL AND HEARNE. THE
TEMPERATURE IN HEARNE DROPPED FROM 45 TO 36 IN TWO HOURS AFTER THE
FRONT PASSED. FURTHER NORTHWEST...BOTH WACO AND TEMPLE HAVE
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S WITH PERIODIC LIGHT FREEZING/FROZEN
PRECIPITATION BEING REPORTED. THE MODELS SEEM TO BE A LITTLE
BEHIND THE CURVE WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD ADVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT. THINK THAT TEMPERATURES OVER OUR FAR
NW COUNTIES LIKE BRAZOS AND BURLESON WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BY
AROUND 03Z...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS 00Z...WHICH WILL BRING THE
THREAT OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA MUCH EARLIER THAN
ORIGINALLY EXPECTED. FREEZING TEMPS SHOULD SPREAD INTO PARTS OF
HOUSTON...GRIMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES BY MIDNIGHT. THE GOOD
NEWS IS WHATEVER PRECIP FALLS TONIGHT WILL BE VERY LIGHT...GENERATED
MOSTLY FROM 850 MB WARM ADVECTION OVERRIDING THE SHALLOW COLD AIR
AT THE SURFACE. GIVEN THE WARM GROUND CONDITIONS...ANY TRAVEL
IMPACTS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO EXPOSED ELEVATED ROADWAYS LIKE
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE THE GREATEST RISK FOR ICE ACCUMULATION
OVERNIGHT. FREEZING TEMPS WILL BE POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH OF THE
ADVISORY AREA BY THAT POINT THE PRECIP SHOULD BE ENDING. EVENING
SHIFT CAN MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.
STRONG COLD ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING AND MANY
LOCATIONS MAY SEE THEIR LOW TEMPS OCCUR MID TO LATE MORNING. AS
THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE SEASON SO FAR.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT NORTHERN COUNTIES OF SE TX COULD SEE
SUBFREEZING TEMPS FOR 15 TO 17 HOURS WITH CENTRAL ZONES 12 TO 15
HOURS BELOW FREEZING THU NIGHT AND FRI MORNING. SOUTH OF I-10 THE
SITUATION IS LESS CLEAR AS CLOUD COVER AND STRONGER WINDS MAY
PREVENT IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS FROM OCCURRING. THIS
WILL BE COVERED IN UPDATED HWOHGX.

MODELS SHOW A 500 MB SHORTWAVE CROSSING SE TX FRI NIGHT WHICH WILL
GENERATE ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO SUBSTANTIAL
LOW-MID LEVEL CLOUDS EXPECTED ACROSS ENTIRE CWA...HAVE ADDED SOME
LOW POPS TO THE FORECAST FOR COASTAL AREAS FRI/FRI NIGHT. NEXT
FRONT IS SLATED TO CROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
FRONT MON NIGHT AS NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE JET REMAINS ACTIVE.
MODELS NOW INDICATE BOTH OF THESE WILL BE DRY FROPAS.


***Starting to look very interesting. The advisory will be to Houston's NW, but the NWS now says that a little frozen precip. could reach areas even further SE than expected as the precip. is tapering off tomorrow morning. Frz. rain/sleet reaching Houston briefly??? Also a 12+ hr. freeze is expected for all the area north of I-10 tomorrow night! BURRR!!!***[/i][/b]

[f5]

its already freezing here

[Portastorm]

Yeah, we're now at 27 degrees here in north Austin. No rain though, or sleet, or snow, or ice pellets, or ...

[Brent]

Where is all this moisture??? The radar looks pathetic.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS ... kgrk.shtml

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

It is pathetic. All precipitation has been in the form of flurries/freezing drizzle/light sleet, and it tends to last for only 5-10 minutes before going back to just cold and overcast.

[jasons2k]

I don't want freezing temperatures for that long!! I was already planning to wrap my Majesty Palms (they freeze at 26-28) but if it freezes that long, I might lose them!! Grrr!

[Johnny]

It looks like a disturbance might move through South and Southeast, Texas Friday night and into Saturday morning. The temperatures will be around the freezing mark for most areas. Any thoughts on this from anyone?

[Mattie]

Hey Mattie - try some peppermint schnapps with that hot chocolate. YUM!

No schnapps in the house, but a little 100% hot damn is in the freezer - might just to have a little later in the evening.

Precip is off and on again here. What do you guys think? Have we about seen it all?

[f5]

want snow move to Buffalo,Cleveland,syracuse, .want a nor'easter instead move to new england

[Extremeweatherguy]

ABC 13 in Houston has mentioned the possibility of sleet and frz. rain reaching Houston tomorrow morning, but the on air met said that it would probably be too light, and too isolated to cause traffic problems.

[jasons2k]

It looks like a disturbance might move through South and Southeast, Texas Friday night and into Saturday morning. The temperatures will be around the freezing mark for most areas. Any thoughts on this from anyone?

I noticed that too. If it goes overcast (or rains) temps will likely hold above freezing Fri nite/Sat AM.

[ETXHAMXYL]

Just heard on Channel 11 in Dallas, that Kristine mentioned the possiblity of 3-5 inches of snow tonight in some places of NTX before it is all over. Said they are watching some things change and that the possibility for more snow is possible.
So who knows what we might wake up to in the morning. The other mets haven't mentioned much but just a trace or so for the rest of the evening. I guess they are not following the same models.

[jasons2k]

Wow - these numbers are jaw-dropping for Texas. LaGrange, Hearne, etc. Wow.

NORTH TEXAS HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
500 PM CST WED DEC 07 2005

NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY.

TXZ118-119-080000-
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
DFW AIRPORT CLOUDY 24 19 81 NW20 30.37R WCI 10
DALLAS LOVE CLOUDY 25 20 81 NW20G25 30.39R WCI 11
FTW MEACHAM FRZ RAIN 22 17 81 NW20G26 30.40R WCI 7
DAL-EXECUTIVE CLOUDY 24 19 81 NW21G32 30.35R WCI 9
DAL-ADDISON FRZ DRZL 25 25 100 N9G17 30.38R WCI 15
FTW-ALLIANCE FRZ RAIN 23 18 80 N14 30.39R WCI 11
FTW-SPINKS LGT SNOW 23 19 86 N16G23 30.38R WCI 10
ARLINGTON MIX PCPN 24 18 76 NW16G24 30.38R WCI 11
GRAND PRAIRIE CLOUDY 25 19 80 NW12G21 30.38R WCI 14
LANCASTER MIX PCPN 28 23 80 NW18 30.35S WCI 16
MESQUITE CLOUDY 27 21 80 NW14G23 30.36R WCI 15
$$

TXZ091>094-102>105-117-120-121-131>134-080000-
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
SHRMAN/DENISON LGT SNOW 25 21 86 NW15 30.40R WCI 12
GAINESVILLE LGT SNOW 21 16 79 N17 30.42R WCI 7
BRIDGEPORT LGT SNOW 23 19 86 N13G23 30.43R WCI 11
DECATUR CLOUDY 21 18 86 NW10G21 30.38R WCI 10
DENTON CLOUDY 22 16 78 NW17 30.41R WCI 8
MCKINNEY CLOUDY 25 19 80 NW14 30.38R WCI 13
GREENVILLE CLOUDY 32 23 69 NW12 30.33R WCI 23
WAXAHACHIE CLOUDY 25 21 86 NW13 30.34R WCI 13
CLEBURNE CLOUDY 23 21 93 NW16G22 30.38R FOG WCI 10
GRANBURY CLOUDY 23 21 93 NW13G18 30.42R FOG WCI 11
$$

TXZ083>090-098>101-113>116-127>130-139>143-154>156-080000-
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
ABILENE CLOUDY 22 6 50 N17 30.39R WCI 8
ABILENE-DYESS CLOUDY 21 9 58 N17 30.38R WCI 7
WICHITA FALLS LGT SNOW 20 14 77 N17 30.46R WCI 5
VERNON CLOUDY 21 7 53 N22 30.45R WCI 5
GRAHAM CLOUDY 25 12 58 N15 30.39R WCI 12
MINERAL WELLS CLOUDY 19 18 93 N18G24 30.40R FOG WCI 4
STEPHENVILLE CLOUDY 21 19 93 N21G29 30.35R WCI 6
COMANCHE CLOUDY 21 18 86 NW17G26 30.36R FOG WCI 7
BROWNWOOD CLOUDY 21 12 68 N15 30.36R WCI 8
BRADY CLOUDY 21 9 58 NW17 30.32R WCI 7
$$

TXZ144>147-157>162-174-175-080000-
CENTRAL TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
WACO CLOUDY 26 21 82 NW13 30.35R WCI 15
WACO-MCGREGOR CLOUDY 25 19 80 N15G22 30.32R WCI 12
HILLSBORO CLOUDY 25 23 93 NW18 30.35R WCI 11
CORSICANA CLOUDY 30 24 78 N16 30.30R WCI 19
KILLEEN GRAY FRZ DRZL 25 23 93 N14G25 30.31R FOG WCI 13
KILLEEN-SKYLRK CLOUDY 25 18 74 N18G24 30.30R WCI 11
FORT HOOD FRZ DRZL 25 23 93 NW17G24 30.32R FOG WCI 11
GATESVILLE LGT SNOW 27 23 86 CALM 30.35R
HEARNE MIX PCPN 30 30 100 NW16G26 30.29R WCI 19
$$

TXZ095>097-106>112-123>126-080000-
NORTHEAST TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
PARIS MOCLDY 36 19 51 N14G22 30.32S WCI 27
SULPHUR SPRNGS CLOUDY 34 28 80 NW17 30.32F WCI 23
CLARKSVILLE CLOUDY 43 28 56 NE3 30.31S
MOUNT PLEASANT CLOUDY 43 27 52 N8 30.30R WCI 38
MINEOLA CLOUDY 39 30 70 N12 30.31R WCI 32
GILMER CLOUDY 45 30 57 NE10 30.28S WCI 39
TEXARKANA CLOUDY 42 26 53 NE7 30.31R
$$

TXZ122-135>138-148>153-163>167-080000-
EAST TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
TYLER CLOUDY 47 29 49 N8 30.26R
LONGVIEW CLOUDY 46 28 49 NE10 30.24S
PALESTINE CLOUDY 43 32 65 NW10G16 30.25R WCI 37
JACKSONVILLE CLOUDY 46 28 49 NE6 30.22R
CROCKETT CLOUDY 48 34 57 N7 30.23R
NACOGDOCHES CLOUDY 48 30 49 NE5 30.22S
LUFKIN CLOUDY 50 33 52 NE7 30.20R
$$





ASUS44 KEWX 072310
RWRTX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
500 PM CST WED DEC 07 2005

NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATED FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY.

* - THESE STATIONS ARE NOT NWS OR FAA STATIONS...AND ARE NOT SUBJECT
TO NWS AND FAA QUALITY CONTROL.

TXZ171-172-183>190-080000-
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
JUNCTION CLOUDY 25 12 58 N14G20 30.30R WCI 13
*LLANO CLOUDY 27 19 74 N16G24 30.36R WCI 14
BURNET CLOUDY 24 21 88 MISG 30.30R FOG
*KERRVILLE CLOUDY 28 19 69 NW15G24 30.22R WCI 17
*FREDERICKSBRG CLOUDY 28 19 69 N13G23 30.26R WCI 18
*ROCKSPRINGS CLOUDY 27 16 63 N15G23 30.26R WCI 15
HONDO CLOUDY 34 29 82 N15 30.22R WCI 24
*UVALDE CLOUDY 34 32 93 N13 30.20R WCI 25
DEL RIO CLOUDY 35 16 45 N15G24 30.27R WCI 25
LAUGHLIN AFB CLOUDY 36 19 51 N20 30.25R WCI 25
$$

TXZ173-191>194-202-209-217>225-228-080000-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
GEORGETOWN CLOUDY 27 19 74 N17G23 30.30R WCI 14
AUSTIN/BERGSTM MIX PCPN 30 26 85 NW18G24 30.27R WCI 18
AUSTIN/MABRY CLOUDY 28 24 85 N8G23 30.28R WCI 20
SAN MARCOS CLOUDY 32 25 74 N18G28 30.23R WCI 20
NEW BRAUNFELS FRZ RAIN 32 30 92 N14G26 30.21R FOG WCI 22
RANDOLPH AFB LGT RAIN 34 30 86 N16 30.20R FOG WCI 23
KELLY USA LGT RAIN 37 34 87 N17 30.21R FOG WCI 28
SAN ANTONIO LGT RAIN 34 30 86 N16G24 30.21R FOG WCI 23
STINSON FIELD LGT RAIN 36 34 93 N13 30.20R FOG WCI 27
*LA GRANGE MIX PCPN 34 30 86 N12G22 30.23R WCI 25
*GIDDINGS MIX PCPN 32 30 93 N14G23 30.26R WCI 22
$$

TXZ176>182-195>201-210>213-226-227-235-080000-
SOUTHEAST TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
COLLEGE STN LGT RAIN 36 34 93 N14 30.25R FOG WCI 27
*CALDWELL DRIZZLE 32 32 100 NW14G21 30.28R WCI 22
*CROCKETT CLOUDY 48 34 57 N7 30.23R WCI 45
*BRENHAM RAIN 36 36 100 NW13G22 30.22R WCI 27
HUNTSVILLE NOT AVBL
CONROE LGT RAIN 46 43 88 N8 30.16R WCI 42
HOUSTON BUSH LGT RAIN 49 45 86 N12 30.16R WCI 44
HOUSTON HOBBY CLOUDY 52 45 77 N10 30.13R
PEARLAND CLOUDY 53 48 83 N7 30.14R
HOUSTON HOOKS LGT RAIN 47 44 90 N10 30.16R WCI 42
ELLINGTON FLD CLOUDY 54 50 87 N8 30.14R
SUGAR LAND LGT RAIN 49 46 90 N10 30.15R WCI 45
*WHARTON CLOUDY 45 43 93 N17 30.14R WCI 37
$$

TXZ214>216-236>238-080000-
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
*ORANGE CLOUDY 59 46 63 NE7 30.14R
PORT ARTHUR CLOUDY 60 46 59 E12 30.14R
GALVESTON LGT RAIN 60 55 83 NE15 30.10S
ANGLETON CLOUDY 54 51 90 N12 30.11R
*BAY CITY CLOUDY 48 46 93 N16 30.09S WCI 42
PALACIOS CLOUDY 50 46 87 N17 30.11R WCI 44
$$

TXZ229>234-239>247-080000-
TEXAS COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
VICTORIA CLOUDY 46 43 89 N16G25 30.14R WCI 39
ROCKPORT N/A 52 46 82 N16G24 30.10R
*PORT ARANSAS CLOUDY 55 54 94 N21 30.09R
*PORT LAVACA CLOUDY 48 46 93 N16G28 30.12R WCI 42
CORPUS CHRISTI CLOUDY 54 49 83 N20 30.09R
CORPUS NAS CLOUDY 56 51 84 N25 30.07R
*ROBSTOWN CLOUDY 54 52 94 N17 30.09R
ALICE CLOUDY 53 47 79 N16 30.10R
KINGSVILLE NAS CLOUDY 55 50 83 N16G23 30.09R
COTULLA CLOUDY 44 42 93 N13 30.18R FOG WCI 38
LAREDO CLOUDY 53 52 96 NE20 30.12R
$$

TXZ248>255-080000-
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
BROWNSVILLE CLOUDY 74 62 66 W3 30.00R
PORT ISABEL CLOUDY 74 65 73 N6 30.01R
HARLINGEN CLOUDY 74 61 63 N3 29.99R
*HEBBRONVILLE CLOUDY N/A N/A N/A N15G22 30.08R FOG
MCALLEN MOCLDY 71 59 65 NW12 30.02R
*WESLACO CLOUDY 75 61 60 NW3 30.00R
FALFURRIAS CLOUDY 57 54 88 N15G25 30.06R
EDINBURG CLOUDY 72 63 73 N12 30.00R
$$

TXZ215-243-080000-
OTHER COASTAL OBSERVATIONS

STATION/POSITION TIME TEMP WIND PRES WAVE
AIR SEA DIR/SP/G HT/PER
(UTC) (F) (DEG/KT/KT) (MB) (FT/S)
SEA RIM ST PARK 2200 58 70/ 10/ 14 1019.3
PORT ARANSAS 2200 54 64 360/ 22/ 25 1017.2
$$

GMZ080-GMZ150>470-080000-
OFFSHORE BUOY REPORTS

STATION/POSITION TIME TEMP WIND PRES WAVE
AIR SEA DIR/SP/G HT/PER
(UTC) (F) (DEG/KT/KT) (MB) (FT/S)
20 E GALVESTON 2300 62 63 1018.2 8/ 7
90 E PT ARANSAS 2200 70 73 80/ 14/ 17 1014.1
35 NE PT MANSFLD 2200 73 76 340/ 8/ 10 1014.4 6/ 8
200 E PT ISABEL 2300 75 77 120/ 10/ 12 1015.3 6/ 9